Robustness study of a flexible zero-energy house

The U.S. Department of Energy launched the 5th Solar-Decathlon-competition, defying student teams from all over the world to conceive a house powered exclusively by the sun. Team Belgium, of Ghent University, conceived the E-Cube, a modular and flexible house, that could be adapted depending on the inhabitants, the building site and the climate. This paper focuses on that last aspect: the robustness and flexibility of the energy concept and the design, depending on the climate it is built in. Different climates are selected for the analyses, reaching from climates with extreme winters (Canada: Saskatoon) to arid climates (US: Las Vegas), through milder climates (Belgium: Ukkel and US: Washington D.C.). To cover both locally (Belgian) and internationally used energy-assessment procedures both the Flemish EPB-software as well as the PHPP-software are used. Furthermore, dynamic simulations in Trnsys are carried out to obtain more detailed and accurate feedback on the buildings’ dynamic thermal response. Through simulations with these three calculation methods, energy robustness is tested and alternative solutions for the building envelope are proposed, adapting the building to its boundary conditions. This paper presents the results from this study, analyzing the differences due to the climate, the calculation method and the design options

Creative Strategies for Effective and Engaging Student Employee Training: Helping Student Employees Engage, Grow, and Be Known

Is your library known as “the” place for students to work on your campus? Do your student employees get excited about “famous” annual training events in your department? Do your former student employees return years later to say hello because the library felt like their second home during college? Student employees are full of potential to become actively engaged participants in library operations and delivery of quality service. However, many librarians and library staff members struggle to motivate their student employees and help them see their employment as a highly valuable, formative work experience. The authors share some creative (and tested) ideas to improve and assess the student employee training experience. Ideas shared include annual training events held at the George Fox University Library like the Amazing Race, Turkey Bowl Team Competition, and more

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2011 - The Python-DTU Team

We provide a brief description of the Python-DTU system, including the overall design, the tools and the algorithms that we plan to use in the agent contest.Comment: 4 page

Teaching telecommunication standards: bridging the gap between theory and practice

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Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory: (SE Lab): A University Incubator for a Rising Generation of Leading Social Entrepreneurs

How can universities help create, develop and sustain a rising generation of social entrepreneurs and their ideas? What new forms of learning environments successfully integrate theory and practice? What conditions best support university students interested in studying, participating in, creating and developing social change organizations, thinking through their ideas, and connecting with their inspiration? What is the intellectual content and the rationale for a curriculum addressing this at a university

How Can We Introduce the Most Effective Incentive Plan for Non-Exempt Employees?

Question: How can we introduce the most effective and efficient incentive plan to motivate non-exempt employees and to drive improvement of the organization’s overall performance

BUILDING SCOUTING ACHIEVEMENT SYSTEM (Potentials and Obstacles)

The purpose of this research is to rising up a scouting achievement system that coming from potentials and obstacles at SMA N 1 Sukoharjo and SMA N 1 Wonogiri which both of them have a really good achievement at scouting competition. The system that coming up from this research very helpful for human resource management especialy on developing organizational system for educational level. This research using qualitative method which the collective data method using interview, self-conduct observation, life history, personal experience, documents and important note deeply for certain period of time to get further information about scouting achievement system from it potentials and obstacles. This research object are schools which have achievement in scouting there are SMA N 1 Sukoharjo and SMA N 1 Wonogiri. Come after the informant for this research are scout master, scout leader, and alumni who still active for helping on scouting activities on each school. The result indicates gradually a scouting achievement system must have a good organization system and training and education system. Organization system component are recruitment and member positioning, financial and facilities management, followed by having a good relationship within scouting member in or out school. Training and education system component are routine training, leadership, competition preparation exercise followed by team competition development

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Ariel - Volume 6 Number 1

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